Genesis 47:5

5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,

Genesis 47:5 in Other Translations

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee:

5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you.

5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Now that your father and brothers have joined you here,

5 Pharaoh looked at Joseph. "So, your father and brothers have arrived - a reunion!

5 Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "[Now that] your father and brothers have come to you,

Genesis 47:5 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 47:5

And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph
Who was present at the conversation that passed between him and his brethren:

saying, thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee;
which is observed, not for Joseph's information, but to lead on to what he had to say further.

Genesis 47:5 In-Context

3 Pharaoh asked the brothers, “What is your occupation?” “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied to Pharaoh, “just as our fathers were.”

4 They also said to him, “We have come to live here for a while, because the famine is severe in Canaan and your servants’ flocks have no pasture. So now, please let your servants settle in Goshen.”

5 Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Your father and your brothers have come to you,

6 and the land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best part of the land. Let them live in Goshen. And if you know of any among them with special ability, put them in charge of my own livestock.”

7 Then Joseph brought his father Jacob in and presented him before Pharaoh. After Jacob blessed Pharaoh,